WASHINGTON – President Donald J. Trump issued a stark warning, Sunday morning, following what he described as a ceasefire violation by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, claiming Iranian forces fired on international vessels and signaling the potential for significant U.S. military retaliation if negotiations fail.
In a public statement posted to social media, Trump said Iran fired weapons in the Strait of Hormuz, describing the incident as a “total violation” of an existing ceasefire agreement. According to the president, multiple shots were reportedly aimed at a French vessel and a freight ship from the United Kingdom.
“My Representatives are going to Islamabad, Pakistan — They will be there tomorrow evening, for Negotiations,” Trump wrote, indicating that diplomatic talks are scheduled to take place in Islamabad in an effort to de-escalate the situation.
The latest round of diplomacy comes with a clear deadline. The fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran is set to expire on Wednesday, raising the stakes for the negotiations now being planned in Pakistan and adding urgency to Trump’s warning that Tehran must accept what he called a “fair and reasonable deal” or face further U.S. action.
Trump also addressed Iran’s recent announcement that it intended to close the Strait of Hormuz, a move widely viewed as a direct threat to global shipping and energy markets. He asserted that U.S. naval actions had already effectively shut down the passage.
“They’re helping us without knowing, and they are the ones that lose with the closed passage, $500 million dollars a day,” Trump wrote, claiming Iran would suffer significant financial losses as a result of disruptions to shipping traffic.
The president further stated that the United States has not suffered economically from the disruption, adding that ships were already rerouting toward U.S. ports in energy-producing states such as Texas, Louisiana, and Alaska to load oil and gas supplies.
Trump placed blame on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, commonly known as the IRGC, suggesting its leadership was seeking confrontation while negotiations remain ongoing.
At the same time, Trump emphasized that the United States has presented what he described as a “very fair and reasonable deal” to Iran but warned that failure to reach an agreement before the ceasefire deadline could trigger sweeping military action.
“If they don’t, the United States is going to knock out every single power plant, and every single bridge, in Iran. NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!” Trump wrote, signaling a sharp escalation in rhetoric as tensions in the region continue to rise.
The warning comes amid growing instability in one of the world’s most strategically important waterways. The Strait of Hormuz serves as a critical shipping lane for global oil and liquefied natural gas supplies, and any prolonged closure or military confrontation in the region could have far-reaching economic and geopolitical consequences.
With the Wednesday ceasefire deadline fast approaching and negotiations scheduled in Pakistan, international leaders and global markets are closely watching developments that could determine whether tensions move toward resolution or further escalation.
I think we’re looking at the very same situation. We looked at in Japan in August 1945.
We’d already nuked Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Soviet Army has already started to invade as they had agreed to do in the Potsdam treaty. The Emperor wanted to surrender, but there were elements of his military that didn’t want to and I don’t recall all the details. It was something about trying to kill him to prevent him from being able to go on the radio, and announce the surrender or capturing the recorded measure.
I doubt that the US government knew the whole story on that, and I doubt that the American people were told everything that our government knew. But it was by no means a unified Japanese decision to surrender.
I strongly suspect for seeing the same thing in a Iran right now.
We confronted with the same sort of religious zeal and people, considering it honorable to die for the religious leader and the religion, remember that it was the Japanese that invented the kamikazes. We also have extreme elements in the Iranian military, a fracture between the civilian, the theological and the religious leadership at the very real question of who exactly is in charge in Iran.
I can’t think of another group who i would want to handle this situation, let the boys cook
You Go, President Trump,….. Crush the IRGC,…..
Acute observers will notice a pattern with President Trump: Identify a conflict, explode the conflict, seek resolution, declare agreement early, point at the other side for breaking the agreement, thereby having a mandate to finish the job.
This is not a coincidence. This is not unplanned. This is The Art of the Deal.
Does anyone believe that the Maduro situation was unrelated to the Iran plan?
This is what I voted for.
The musloid thugs running Iran will surrender when China tells them to. Hopefully not until their numbers are totally decimated, never to return.
Just do it .
Git er done .
The Iranians have 90 electrical generating plants. One is nuclear the others fossil fueled. Bomb their step up transformers, switch yards, and the lights are out for YEARS. DJT controls the board. Checkmate.